Already have a member list in Excel or Google Sheets? Then you don't have to retype it by hand. With a CSV file you add all your players to Slams in one go. And the other way around, you can export the schedule or the final standings of a part back to CSV so you can open it in Excel.
Importing participants via CSV
The import lives with your players. Go to Players in the dashboard, open the panel to add a player and choose the CSV import tab. That's where you upload your file. Prefer to create individual players or teams? Then read adding players and creating teams.
What the CSV file looks like
Slams expects these columns: first name, last name, email, starting rating. The import is flexible:
- Both a comma (,) and a semicolon (;) work as a separator. Dutch Excel uses the semicolon by default.
- A header row with words like "first name" or "name" is skipped automatically.
- Just a name per row is fine too. Email and starting rating are optional.
- A starting rating outside the 7.0 to 10.0 scale is pulled back within those limits. If you leave the field empty, the player gets starting rating 8.0. See the DSS rating explained.
What Slams does during the import
The import is set up smartly so you don't end up with duplicate players:
- Already known? If an email address is already in your club, that row is skipped.
- Existing Slams profile? If the email belongs to an existing Slams profile, Slams links the player to it and takes over the universal rating of that profile (which carries more weight than the starting rating in your file).
- No profile yet? Then Slams creates a ghost player with the name and rating from your file. That player can still link a Slams account later.
When it's done, you see how many players were added.
Exporting the schedule and final standings
You export per part. Open a competition or tournament and use the Export button. You have two CSV options:
- Schedule (CSV) with the round or group, court, time, both teams, the sets and games result and the status per match.
- Final standings (CSV) with the positions, matches played and points or win/loss, per group if there are any.
The files use the semicolon as a separator, so they open neatly in columns in Dutch Excel. Besides CSV, you can also open the schedule as a print or PDF. You can read more about the content in how standings work and entering scores.
